Network, Network, Network

I've been too busy to post here lately, I guess. I've been otherwise occupied...networking. So many of these online social networks have been popping up these days. I think I am in about 10 of them right now. I've been set up in the obvious ones for awhile--My Space and Facebook--but I'm also in a handful of music business related ones. I've also been out almost every night in the week at music events. I've never had so much fun.

I must say that it does work well for meeting people here in Nashville. The one piece of advice I've gotten the most since I came here was to network. 'Course, if I were that good, I'd have a job by now, I suppose. But the value for me in it all is not so much the professional aspect as it has been the personal. I now can go to a number of writers nights and such around here and know a bunch of people, and most of all feel included. That's huge for me.

Another advantage of these networks is you can find people you've lost touch with. I re-found a lot of my old southern gospel music friends recently. I had to leave the Gaither.com site I was part of for many years when the price of their old community became unaffordable to me. I was glad the Gaither site decided to be more in line with other networks and go with a free Ning network community. It's been a lot like being a prodigal returning home.

So now if you'll excuse me, I need to update my status and answer those messages...